Sunny Early Winter Road Trip Drive To Visit Peter Pan Statue Kirriemuir Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland sunny early Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry visit to the Peter Pan statue on the High Street on ancestry visit to Kirriemuir, Angus. Kirriemuir's most famous son was the author JM Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan. The original sculpture was made by Alistair Smart, and stood in Glengate, Kirriemuir, but following damage to it a replacement was made and erected in its present position in the High Street. It was unveiled by the Countess of Airlie on August 13th 1994. Barrie, born May 9, 1860, was the son of a weaver, and he ever recovered from the shock he received at six from a brother’s death and its grievous effect on his mother. Throughout his life Barrie wished to recapture the happy years before his mother was stricken, and he retained a strong childlike quality in his adult personality.. Barrie died of pneumonia at a nursing home in Manchester Street, Marylebone, an area in the West End of London, England, on 19 June 1937. He was buried at Kirriemuir next to his parents and two of his siblings. Barrie’s marriage in 1894 to the actress Mary Ansell was childless and apparently unconsummated. The ancestors of the surname Barrie come from the ancient Scottish tribe known as the Dalriadans. They lived along the rugged west coast of Scotland and on the Hebrides islands and used the name to indicate a person who lived in Barry, in Angus in mid-west Scotland. The place-name Barry, often spelled Barrie, is derived from the Gaelic word borrach, which means " rough, grassy hill." Many spelling variations of Barrie have been recorded including; Barry, Barrie, Barre, Barrey, Barree and others. Robert Barrie, aged 37, a labourer, arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship Nugget; James Barrie, aged 20, a labourer, arrived in South Australia in 1860 aboard the ship " Grand Trianon."; Laura Barrie, aged 31, a British settler travelled from London, England, aboard the ship "Joseph Fletcher" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th October 1856; Thomas Barrie, aged 38, a shoemaker, arrived in Quebec, Canada, aboard the ship "Atlas" in 1815; Debora Barrie settled in Virginia, America, in 1635; Peter Barrie settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1772 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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